Video Editing Software

[JoeBike]

Just got a hd hero for christmas....

Now, wondering what everyone tihinks is a good piece of software to do some video editing on the PC.

Nothing too elaborate - read low $$ - just want to cut & paste and put some tunes behind the video.

Thanks in advance,

Joe

[DSchmitt]

quicktime is super cheap. around 30$, it'll trim clips ff or slow mo clips, and you can add music.

i use cyberlink powerdirector, about 70-80$ and it'll do a lot more.

[Jagster]

you can get pro software like Sony Vegas 10 from the internet - you just need to do a little bit of hacking - but its free

[AustinLee]

I use Sony Vegas and I would highly recommend it because of the comprehensive interface and the format support. Unlike Windows Movie Maker, you do not need to convert the GoPro's file format in order to use it in Vegas.

There are ways to get it for free without using torrents, but I wouldn't recommend them *wink*.

[Tomahawk]

OK I am quite an experienced editor, and I can tell you that Sony Vegas Pro will do everything you need, and it's free. It's extremely easy to pirate.

However, if you're gonna buy one, get Final Cut Pro. It has hands down the best interface, and is very powerful. Hell, David Fincher's Zodiac was actually edited on it.

[missingawheel]

Open source alternative-- totally irrelevant probably, but what I'm using is
Kdenlive.
Does everything I could want, exports to every format I could want.

[thieum]

Originally Posted by missingawheel

Open source alternative-- totally irrelevant probably, but what I'm using is
Kdenlive.
Does everything I could want, exports to every format I could want.

Except that it runs on a system that nobody would want...
Just kidding, I don't really wanna start a Tux war here

[GILD]

Originally Posted by Jagster

you just need to do a little bit of hacking - but its free

Or just walk into a software shop and shoplift it?
Isn't that the same thing?

[ivan]

Originally Posted by GILD

Or just walk into a software shop and shoplift it?
Isn't that the same thing?

Not exactly.

[GILD]

I'm listening...

[Jagster]

Originally Posted by Tomahawk

However, if you're gonna buy one, get Final Cut Pro. It has hands down the best interface, and is very powerful.

Agreed - Its so powerful but it can be a bit challenging at first

Oh yeah, and suppose pirating is similar to shoplifting but nowadays its more common

[ivan]

Originally Posted by GILD

I'm listening...

Well, the main difference is that when you shoplift you actually remove something that is physical and had cost money to produce from the shop. If you pirate(and not at sea) the only loss for the company is potential profit. And then even that is debatable.

[GILD]

Originally Posted by Jagster

but nowadays its more common

So that's become our way of telling right from wrong?
Cause there were a bunch of stuff going down in Rwanda in 1994 that was "more common" but that you and I might agree wasn't exactly the highpoint of mankind's moral development.

Originally Posted by ivan

Well, the main difference is that when you shoplift you actually remove something that is physical and had cost money to produce from the shop. If you pirate(and not at sea) the only loss for the company is potential profit. And then even that is debatable.

And the program as written did NOT cost money to produce?
Who do you think paid the programmer?
Or bought the chair he's sitting on?
Or paid the rent on the office-space he's occupying?

Did that all happen for free?

[ivan]

Originally Posted by GILD

And the program as written did NOT cost money to produce?
Who do you think paid the programmer?
Or bought the chair he's sitting on?
Or paid the rent on the office-space he's occupying?

Sure did. And they market the program to professional producers who buy the software with the money they made. That money goes to pay for the programmers, their chairs and office-space to contain the chairs, as well as the managers' cocaine habit.

Now comes along a person who wants to make a unicycling video but doesn't want it to look shitty, so chooses not to use Windows Movie Maker. He'll never make enough profit to cover even the tenth of the cost of the software. He just grabs a copy, uses it, produces a nice film. The company doesn't suffer a direct loss and a lot of people are left happy with the shiny quality of the movie that is available to them for free. Someone will later ask: "Dude, what program did you use to make that bangin' movie?!" And the maker will reply Final Cut Pro! Immediate gain of reputation for Final Cut Pro. Advertisement! So, in a way, the company is even repaid for the potential losses that it has suffered.

[GILD]

And how is that different from shop-lifting a copy and giving the company the exact same "advertising boost" by telling the teeming, unicycling millions about the program used to make said mind-blowing movie?

I want to drive to the office but I don't want to arrive in a crappy car, so I go and steal a Rolls Royce and when people ask me how I managed to arrive looking so swanky, I can tell them it's all about Rolls Royce man, go buy one.

Advertising boost.

No?